Comparison

Tren Maya vs Ferrocarril Interoceánico

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tren Maya

Explore the Mayan Train route and its stops across the Yucatan Peninsula. Discover historical sites, local attractions, and operational segments with an interactive map and detailed descriptions.

Highlights
  • Mayan Train Route exploration
  • Emblematic station details
  • Interactive route map
  • Information on nearby attractions
  • Detailed descriptions and images
Features
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Traveling on the Maya Train? Plan your trip station by station along the line that connects Cancún, Tulum, Mérida, Palenque, Chichén Itzá and the whole of southeastern Mexico. PLAN YOUR JOURNEY • Pick where you are and where you are going, and see every departure of the day, the next one always first • How long the ride takes, what time you arrive and how many stops it makes • Journeys with a change: where you switch trains and how long you wait • Marks the last train you can still get back from the same day STATIONS AND TIMETABLES • All 34 stations of the line on an interactive map • Next departures per station and per direction, with a countdown • Every time is read on its own station's clock, so the time zone change is already handled • Timetables refresh on their own whenever you are online A WHOLE DAY OUT • Tell us where you want to go and we build the day: train out, time at the place, train back • We say plainly when somewhere cannot be visited and returned from in one day • Includes the leg from the station to the place, on foot or by taxi MY TRIPS • Save a journey or a day out and find it again in My trips • A reminder an hour before your train leaves, and another when it is time to head back • If the timetable changes after you save, the trip is flagged and shows what moved • Choose your own trains for a day trip, checked against the timetable before you save EXPLORE THE LINE • Dozens of hand-picked places: cenotes, archaeological sites, beaches, Mayan communities, museums and colonial towns • Detail pages with photos, categories, address and website • A cenotes map: switch the filter on and see only the cenotes along the line, with photos and the nearest station • What is near wherever you are looking on the map, ordered by how reachable it is by train • Open any place in Apple Maps or Google Maps to navigate there TICKETS • Buy on the operator's official site without retyping anything: it opens with your stations and your date already filled in • A journey with a change is several tickets, so you get one button per train • We never show prices or promise seats — that is the operator's to say OFFLINE • Download the map of the area you are traveling through and keep exploring with no signal • The stations, the line and the timetables already live on your device TREN MAYA PRO Stations, timetables, journeys, the map and the first results of every search are included. Tren Maya Pro, a single purchase with no subscription, adds offline map areas and photos, satellite and street maps, every departure and day trip, saved trips and every cenote. THE LINE The Maya Train crosses five states — Quintana Roo, Yucatán, Campeche, Tabasco and Chiapas — linking the beaches of the Riviera Maya with cenotes, jungle and some of the most important archaeological sites of the Mayan world. Tren Maya is an independent guide made by travelers, for travelers. It is not affiliated with the official operator of the railway. Questions or ideas? Send us feedback right from the app — we read everything.

About

Ferrocarril Interoceánico

Features
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Con esta aplicación podrás comprar tu viaje de tren de Coatzacoalcos – Salina Cruz con tarjeta de crédito y débito, visualizar el mapa del recorrido, noticias y más. Contamos con los siguientes destinos: Coatzacoalcos Jáltipan Medias Aguas Jesús Carranza Donaji Mogoñé Matías Romero Chivela Ixtepec Salina Cruz

Screenshots

Tren Maya4 screens
Ferrocarril Interoceánico4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ferrocarril Interoceánico at none against Tren Maya's 1. Ferrocarril Interoceánico also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tren Maya sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ferrocarril Interoceánico asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tren Maya ships an update every 2 months, Ferrocarril Interoceánico every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Tren Maya versus Ferrocarril Interoceánico: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTren MayaFerrocarril Interoceánico
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.114.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlejandro CruzFerrocarril del Istmo de Tehuantepec, S.A. de C.V.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tren Maya

One-time1
  • Tren Maya Pro$2.99
None

Ferrocarril Interoceánico

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tren Maya free?
Tren Maya is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ferrocarril Interoceánico free?
Ferrocarril Interoceánico is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tren Maya or Ferrocarril Interoceánico have ads?
Neither Tren Maya nor Ferrocarril Interoceánico shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tren Maya or Ferrocarril Interoceánico?
Tren Maya ships an update every 2 months, and Ferrocarril Interoceánico every 3 weeks. Most recently, Tren Maya was updated on October 24, 2026 and Ferrocarril Interoceánico on October 9, 2026.

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